This collection of recipes introduces the cuisine of Liguria. The nutritional balance of the diet includes an abundance of fresh fruit and vegetables, fish and seafood, low fat cheeses, grains, nuts, olive oil, wine and fragrant herbs.
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Fred Plotkin brings together passion and scholarship, poetry, history, and vivid images of Liguria in Recipes from Paradise, a meticulous and loving record of the region known as the Italian Riviera. Literate and richly written, even florid at times, it documents the interplay of land and sea elemental to Ligurian life in fascinating detail. The alluring, authentic recipes include Stuffed Basil Leaves, Chestnut Gnocchi, and Polenta Incatenata, made with beans, cabbage, and potatoes. Ingredient lists give measures by weight (ounces), volume (cups), and grams, and oven temperatures in Fahrenheit and Centigrade. Some may find this thoroughness distracting, but it makes the book useful to anyone anywhere. More challenging than the careful measurements is the windy narrative form Plotkin employs in the steps for making the dishes; with so many words to wade through, the style may make finding your place difficult. Italophiles and cookbook literati, however, will not care about Plotkin's verbosity as they are blissfully transported and enlightened by the recipes and descriptions.
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Although Plotkin sometimes sounds like the president of the chamber of commerce, his enthusiasm is infectious and his knowledge genuine. He is passionate about the culinary traditions of Liguria, and he has a proper respect for the building blocks of its cuisine, which puts a premium on fragrance. -- The New York Times Book Review, William Grimes
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This is an outstanding cookbook. The recipes are interesting with some being unusual. I have cooked many of the dishes in this book often for entertaining and everyone has been impressed. I'm constantly asked where the recipes come from and if I would share them. For the most part the recipes are fairly simple and always straightforward. Fred Plotkin has obviously put much thought and care into the recipes because they always turn out, not something that can be said for most cookbooks. I highly recommend this book for the novice cook as well as the more experienced.
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A wonderfully evocative book.,
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More than a cookbook, this is an evocative introduction to life on the Italian Riviera. The excellent, clear recipes sent us right to the kitchen -- and the picture Plotkin paints of Liguria sent us right to our travel agent: we've just come back from a vacation in the region, and this book proved an excellent guide.
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LIGURIA, the region on the Mediterranean Sea in northwestern Italy that foreigners call the Italian Riviera, may be as close to paradise as one can find on this earth. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
torta recipe, recipes from paradise, dried funghi porcini, focaccia col formaggio, extravirgin olive oil, corzetti stamps, del marinaio, pinch coarse sea salt, crimp around the edges, unflavored bread crumbs, cappon magro, minimum alcohol content, unsalted walnuts, baby calamari, cheese focaccia, onion focaccia, prosciutto cotto, fresh anchovies, veal breast, olive paste, green heart, large fresh basil, fine sea salt, baking stone, fresh chestnuts Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
San Remo, North America, Italian Riviera, Pecorino Romano, Pesto Classico, Santa Margherita, Republic of Genoa, World War, Torta Pasqualina, United States, Via Aurelia, Finale Ligure, Makes After, San Gimignano, Black Sea, Makes Set, Porto Maurizio, San Fruttuoso, Carol Field, Charles Dickens, Christopher Columbus, Ligurian Sea, Ligurian Vermentino, New World, Octopus of Tellaro New!
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LIGURIA, the region on the Mediterranean Sea in northwestern Italy that foreigners call the Italian Riviera, may be as close to paradise as one can find on this earth. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
torta recipe, recipes from paradise, dried funghi porcini, focaccia col formaggio, extravirgin olive oil, corzetti stamps, del marinaio, pinch coarse sea salt, crimp around the edges, unflavored bread crumbs, cappon magro, minimum alcohol content, unsalted walnuts, baby calamari, cheese focaccia, onion focaccia, prosciutto cotto, fresh anchovies, veal breast, olive paste, green heart, large fresh basil, fine sea salt, baking stone, fresh chestnuts Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
San Remo, North America, Italian Riviera, Pecorino Romano, Pesto Classico, Santa Margherita, Republic of Genoa, World War, Torta Pasqualina, United States, Via Aurelia, Finale Ligure, Makes After, San Gimignano, Black Sea, Makes Set, Porto Maurizio, San Fruttuoso, Carol Field, Charles Dickens, Christopher Columbus, Ligurian Sea, Ligurian Vermentino, New World, Octopus of Tellaro New!
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- Italy for the Gourmet Traveler by Fred Plotkin in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- The Italian Baker by Carol Field on page 4, and Back Matter
- The Classic Food of Northern Italy (Great Cooks S.) by Anna Del Conte on page 31, and Back Matter
- History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella, V1 by William H. Prescott in Back Matter
- The Queen of Spades (Pique Dame): Vocal Score (G. Schirmer Opera Score Editions) by Newmarch on page 28
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